Hi Lu,
Yes you can downgrade to 8.1.
Firstly you'll need to uninstall the version you have installed already though. You can do
this by going to Programs and Features in the Control Panel. For Live Messenger 2008 it will
be listed as Windows Live Messenger and for 2009, you'll have to choose the Windows Live
Essentials option and then uninstall Messenger from within that installer that will appear.
After that you can simply install 8.1 from here:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/detai...0-ddbed94864fc
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"Lu C" <lachong@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> We are wanting to piggy back on "jumo"'s issue. we are a small IM community of four deaf
> people using ASL. We all have Vista Home Premium. Two happy WLM 8.1 users. One less happy
> WLM 2008 user and one unhappy 2009 user... As "Jumo" we don't need or want the "bells and
> whistles". We all want to go back to 8.1. What are the steps and sequence for this
> regression?. Thank you for any suggestions